SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The rapid rise of individual media creators in South Korea has led to significant earnings for top content producers. The top 1% of YouTubers and live-streamers, also known as BJs (Broadcast Jockeys), earned an average of 1.325 billion KRW (approximately $1 million USD) annually, according to data released by Representative [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s customs authorities intercepted a record volume of illegal drugs in 2024, with 862 cases totaling 787 kilograms, enough to supply approximately 26 million doses. This marks a 22% increase in the number of cases and a 2% rise in total weight compared to the previous year, according to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Cases of antibiotic-resistant infections in South Korea surpassed 40,000 last year, marking the highest level since monitoring began, according to data released by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) on Sunday. A total of 42,827 cases of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) infections were reported in 2024, an 11.5% increase [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Solo households have surged to make up over a third of all residences in the city, according to a report released by the Seoul Welfare Foundation. As of 2024, the city recorded 1.63 million single-person households, comprising 36.4% of all households, marking a significant and steady increase in recent [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea entered 2025 as a “super-aged society,” with over 20% of its population aged 65 or older, according to data from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety. While the birth rate rebounded slightly in 2024 for the first time in nine years, the nation continues to grapple with [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s population distribution continues to tilt heavily toward the Seoul metropolitan area, with the gap between urban and rural populations reaching an all-time high in 2024, according to government data released on January 3, 2025. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety’s population statistics show that the metropolitan area, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s healthcare and biomedical industry technologies are assessed to be at 80% of the level of the United States, the global leader in the field, with an estimated two-year gap to reach parity. This was revealed in a report published by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans aged 50 and older expect to retire at an average age of 67 and consider themselves to have entered old age by 69, according to a new survey by the National Pension Research Institute. The study, released on December 31, also found that a monthly income of 1.92 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly half of South Korean workers hold a pessimistic outlook on their workplace conditions for 2025, according to a survey released on December 31 by civic group Workplace Gapjil 119 and polling firm Global Research. The survey, conducted among 1,000 workers aged 19 and older between December 2 and [...]
DAEJEON, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) —The Korea Railroad Corporation (Korail) announced on Friday that its real-time train location service was ranked the top offering of 2024 in a public poll. The service allows passengers to track the current location and estimated arrival time of all trains on a dedicated map in real time. The poll, [...]